Question

Which of the following districts of Rajasthan has shortest international boundary?

1. Jaisalmer
2. Bikaner
3. Barmer
4. Ganganagar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Bikaner

The correct answer is Bikaner.

• Bikaner district of Rajasthan has the shortest international boundary.
  • Jaisalmer - 464 Km
  • Bikaner - 168 Km
  • Barmer - 228 Km
  • Ganganagar - 210 Km

• Bikaner
  • The district is bounded by Ganganagar District to the north, Hanumangarh District to the northeast, Churu District to the east, Nagaur District to the southeast, Jodhpur District to the south, Jaisalmer District to the southwest, and Punjab Province of Pakistan to the northwest.
  • Bikaner District lies in the Thar Desert.
  • The Indira Gandhi Canal, also known as the Rajasthan Canal, runs through the district from northeast to southwest, providing irrigation water for the district.
  • In October 2020 an international group of researchers found a lost river that ran through the central Thar Desert; 1,72,000 years ago.
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• Jaisalmer
  • It is the largest district of Rajasthan and third largest in the country in the area.
  • Jaisalmer District lies in the Thar Desert, which straddles the border of India and Pakistan.
  • It is bounded on the northeast by Bikaner District, on the east by Jodhpur District, on the south by Barmer District, and on the west and north by Pakistan.
  • The length of the international border attached to the district is 464 km.
• Ganganagar
  • Sri Ganganagar district is located between Latitude 28.4 to 30.6 and Longitude 72.2 to 75.3.
  • The total area of Sri Ganganagar is 11,154.66 km² or 1,115,466 hectares.
  • It is surrounded on the east by Hanumangarh district, (Hanumangarh district was carved out of it on 12 July 1994) on the south by Bikaner district, and on the west by Bahawalnagar district of the Pakistani Punjab, and on the north by Punjab.
• Barmer
  • Barmer is located in the western part of the state forming a part of the Thar Desert.
  • The district borders Jaisalmer district in the north, Jalore district in the south, Pali district and Jodhpur district in the east, and Pakistan in the west.
  • The total area of the district is 28,387 square kilometres.
  • After Jaisalmer district and Bikaner district, it is the third-largest district of Rajasthan.
  • It is also the fifth largest district in the country.
  • The longest river in the district is the Luni.
    • It is 480 km in length and drains into the Gulf of Kutch passing through Jalore.